Prime-time Comprehension is a series of three books for ages 5-7, 8-10 and 11+, which develop reading and comprehending using text types.
There are 20 original texts:
- five fiction
- five comic strips
- five non-fiction
- five poems.
The texts within each genre are sequenced in order of difficulty. Each four-page unit includes: an appropriately illustrated text, a page with five literal and five interpretive-type questions, one with five evaluative-type questions and one with an activity to expand on the text topic.
Features:
- original and varied texts
- fiction, non-fiction, comic strips and poetry texts
- texts within each genre sequenced in order of difficulty
- four-page units for each of the 20 texts
- questions organised in three levels
- an activity page for each text
- an explanation of different levels of questioning
- answers where appropriate